"First, mix an appropriate amount of cocoa powder and softened cocoa butter in a bowl."
"Then stir to make it a smooth paste."
"Then remove the lumps…"
"..."
Yuanzi was in the kitchen, concentrating on making chocolate with the cocoa powder and cocoa butter she bought from the supermarket.
This left Lin Yi completely puzzled.
Were they really here to make chocolate?
No, that's not it... it definitely can't be that simple.
Thinking of Ran leaving, Lin Yi's intuition told him that the surprise should be with Ran.
Subconsciously taking out the crystal pendant, Lin Yi really wanted to sneak a peek at what Ran was doing, and what the so-called surprise was.
But if he knew it in advance, the surprise wouldn't be a surprise anymore.
Lin Yi could only suppress his curiosity and put the crystal pendant back.
However, it felt like a cat's paw was constantly scratching at Lin Yi's heart, making him incredibly curious.
He had to distract himself!
Thinking this, Lin Yi stopped sitting blankly on the sofa and went straight to the kitchen.
Hugging Sonoko's slender waist from behind, Lin Yi felt her carefully and said, "You're still too thin, there's no meat at all... I can feel your bones right away."
Sonoko said with a smile, "Don't you guys like slim girls?"
"That's before I win you over... but after I do, you don't have to deliberately maintain your figure like that."
Lin Yi rested his head on her shoulder and said, "Health is more important than figure."
"Okay, okay~~ I got it..."
Sonoko nodded in response.
However, a person's eating habits are hard to change. Even if you want to binge eat, you might not be able to eat much, and in severe cases, you might even throw up.
So Lin Yi didn't force her, just told her not to diet to maintain her figure.
"You look great today... especially the dress."
Lin Yi not only said it, but also started to touch her.
"Hey~~ Don't be so impatient... Can we talk about it after I finish making the chocolate?"
Sonoko wriggled her body.
But Lin Yi was relentless. He had seen some articles on those small websites where the male and female protagonists cooked together in the kitchen, and the effect was even better.
He felt that now was the right opportunity to try it.
"You do your thing... I do my thing... It doesn't matter."
"How can it not matter... Ah~~~ It's spilled, it's spilled! The chocolate I worked so hard to mix is gone."
"If it's gone, just mix it again... Failure is the mother of success! Cheer up, you can do it."
"You... like this... how can I... concentrate on making chocolate... you idiot!"
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Three hours later, the chocolate was finally made.
Although there were many twists and turns in the middle, and it failed many times... it was still a remarkable feat to make it under those circumstances.
If Ran were here, she probably wouldn't even be able to do the first step, which is mixing the cocoa powder with the softened cocoa butter.
"Oh... looks pretty successful."
Lin Yi opened the freezer compartment of the refrigerator and took out the chocolate mold from inside.
Coming to the kitchen, he used the back of a knife to knock the chocolate off the mold, arranged the chocolates neatly on a plate, and then Lin Yi took it out to the living room.
Casually picking up a chocolate and throwing it into his mouth, Lin Yi frowned after chewing a few times.
"Smack."
Slapping Sonoko's butt, Lin Yi put the plate on the coffee table and said, "The chocolate dessert is a bit too sweet, there's no milk flavor at all... You put too much sugar and too little milk."
"It's all your fault."
Sonoko pouted and complained, "If you hadn't messed around, my hands wouldn't have been shaking... Also, you need to clean up the milk on the kitchen floor later, it's spilled everywhere."
"Okay, okay..."
Lin Yi was very happy because this scene unlocked two things at once, one was the kitchen, and the other was the living room.
Picking up a piece of chocolate, Lin Yi put it to Sonoko's mouth and said, "Taste the chocolate we made with love~~"
Sonoko thought this sentence was a double entendre, very interesting.
She opened her mouth and ate the chocolate Lin Yi handed over. Not only that, but Sonoko also sucked her finger.
"Eww~~~ It's too sweet."
Sonoko tasted the chocolate the two of them made with love and found it was too sweet. Even she, who likes sweets, couldn't handle it.
"I don't want to eat it anymore... Eating too many sweet things can cause cavities... Take it out for me... Ah."
Sonoko was too lazy to move, and didn't even want to spit it out, so she opened her mouth for Lin Yi to take it out.
"You're getting lazier and lazier."
Lin Yi said this, but still naturally reached out and took the chocolate out of her mouth.
"Huh? Where's the chocolate?"
Lin Yi felt around, but couldn't find it.
"There... inside." Sonoko said vaguely.
Lin Yi searched around in her mouth, and finally found it under her tongue.
"You really hid it deep..." Lin Yi exclaimed.
"The one below... is deeper."
After saying this, Sonoko laughed like a madwoman, clutching her stomach and kicking her legs in the air.
After being with Lin Yi for a long time, Sonoko no longer deliberately concealed her words and actions, and her conversation became more mature, often using double entendres.
In modern terms, she had already become corrupted…
And she was heading further and further down the path of a 'Corrupted Demon Queen'.
Sonoko had an outgoing and cheerful personality.
This was also reflected in her approach to matters between men and women.
She was learning quickly and making great progress. It was estimated that before long, she would be an 'Akina Mountain Veteran Driver'.
Lin Yi expressed great satisfaction with this.
Sonoko's achievements today were entirely due to Lin Yi's efforts. He had patiently taught her how to 'drive'.
When to step on the gas, when to brake, when to turn the steering wheel, and when to sit in the driver's seat.
In the beginning, Sonoko was a complete novice who didn't even know what the accelerator was called.
But now, she had transformed into an excellent driver, knowing exactly when to accelerate, when to brake, and when to shift gears, brake, drift, and overtake without hesitation.
It was a pity that Lin Yi wasn't a certified instructor; otherwise, he would have definitely given Sonoko a driver's license.
Just as the two were playfully bantering, the doorbell rang.
Sonoko stopped teasing and smiled even more brightly: "Ran is here!"
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